uPortal 3.0.0-M1 is the first milestone release that includes the following functionality:
- The portlet lifecycle that consists of 4 steps:
- Deployment
- Definition
- Publishing
- Subscribing
- The integrated Pluto container that allows to perform portlet rendering and action with appropriate Portlet URL parameters
- The flexible rendering pipeline mechanism
- Multiple context support
- The user layout sample stored in the XML file
- The enhanced DB loader
- The command line portlet application deployment utility
This release does not include:
- User-scoped layout customization
- Aggregated layout support
- WSRP consumer/producer
- uPortal 3 administrative portlets